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G. W. LANDENBERGER.

STOVGKIN'G AND 141.

MODE OP MAKING THE SAME.

Patented Oct.

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WITNESS 'UNITED' STATESv PATENT GEORGE W. LANDENBERGER, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO IDA V'. LANl )ENBERGER-, OF SAME PLACE;

STOCKiNG AND THt. `WIULH OF MAKING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION Iorming' part of Letters Patent No. 286,141, dated October2, 1683.

Application iled October 28, 1882. (Modcl.)

v To all whom, z't may concern:

' desired form of change cam maybe used.

j n notion with one of the guides-Sayl lIn knitting the leg of thekneedles'. i

threads from both guides w and v, and .a uni- 'forni fabric is produced.The tube is knitted Re it known that I, GEORGE W. LANDEN- Bnncnn, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, haveA -invented certain Improvements in Stockings and inthe Mode of Making the Same, of which lthe following` is aspecification.

The main object of my invention is to rapidly and cheaply producestockings which will be wholly-without seams in the heel `or foot, orwill have a seam in the latter only at the ltoe, a further object beingto impart additional thickness to the heel, so that itis bettercalculated than usual to resist wear. f

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vi ew'of part of a tube ofknitted fabric adapted for the product-ion of a stocking in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2, a View ofthe inside of said tube; Fig. 3, aview of part of a stocking made from such a tube; Fig. 4, a diagramillustratingr the method of making a tube in accordance with myinvention; and

of carrying out the invention.

In making the fabric shown in Figs.`l, 2, and 3 I can use an ordinarycircular knittingmaehine with latch-needles and having twothrend-guides, :c and jy. The needles around a certain portion of thehead-say half-are tuck-needles, land the cam which acts in conthe guide.'v is a plain cam, while the cam which acts in conjunction with theother guide, y, is a change cam-that is to say, it has a movable portionso that it 'can be adjusted to operate or `fail to operate thetuck-needles, as desired. Any

Instances of suoli cams may be found-iii the patents of McDevitt, No.202,567, April 16, 1878; Vickers 8p Weston, No. 246, S43, datedSeptember 6, 1881; Lehman and Smith, No.214,722, dated April 22, 412579,and Wrightson,-l\To.A 244,353, dated July 12, 1881.

stocking, the change cam is set so as to operate the tuck'- All ofthe'needles thus receive the in this manner up tothe line a a., and the5 a diagram illustrating another method change-cam is then set so as to."-il :o operate 5o the tuck-needles.A The consequence of this 1s thaton each rotation of the 'head the tuck-v needleswill receive the threadfrom the guide :v only, while the other needles will receive threadsfrom both. guides, the thread from the 5 5 guide y floating behind thetuek-needles. A bagllike projection or pocket, b,is thus formed` on oneside of the tube, and when this is of sufficient length the change camis operated so as to again act on the tuck-needles, and the 6o knit-tingof the uniform tube with both threads is proceeded with. The floatingthreads are. afterward cut so as to leave only short proj ecting ends d,as shown in Fig. 2, and in order 'to secure these ends I prefer to runup a row 6 5 of stitches, e, on each edge of the pocket b, as shown.Tile formation of the bag or pocket on the side ofthe tube tends toimpart to this part ofthe tube the necessary fullness forthe heel of thestocking, and -to give the proper 7o angle'to that portion of thetube'which fornis the foot of the stocking.

When it is desired to have a heel diifering in appearance from the 'legand foot of the stocking, the thread delivered by the guide y' 7 5during the formation of the heel portion of the tube may be of adifferent color Afrom that delivered bythe other guide; and when a heelthiekethan the rest of the stocking is needed, the thread from the saidguide y/ may be thick- 8o er than the thread fromlthe guide fc.

More thantwo guides may be used in carrying out my invention, and theremay be more than two threads in the heel for each thread in the instepportion ,of the stocking, or the tuck needles and cams may be so-constructed that for eachvthread in the instep portion of the stockingone part of the heel may have two? threads, another part three threads,and so on. Thus, on lreference to the diagram Fig;- 5, the 9o needles 1may receivethreadsfrom four guides,

the needles 2 threadsifrom three guidesythe needles 3 threads froimtivoguides, and the needles 4 threads fronffone guide, WhileA` the heelportion 'of the,.tlibe The toe of the stocking may be formed on the endof the tube by'a` narrowing andjwid-` ening' operation,` so as to makeit` sea'iiless, 'or

is being made.

I 5 ings,said mode consisting in feeding one thread the toemaybe formedby sewin and cutting in the usual manner, this forming' no part of myinvention.

I claim as my inventionl i 1. The mode described of making; a pocket orbag on on'e side of a knitted tube during the formation of the saine,said inode consisting in feeding one thread to all the needles aroundthe machine so as to forni continuous courses of stitches and feeding anextra thread or threads to a portion only ofthe needles, so as to forniinterrupted courses ot' stitehes eonneeted by iioating threads7 assetforth.

- 2. The inode described of making,` the heelportion on a tube for theproduction ofstock- .to all of the needles around the machine to forni'l continuons courses of-stitehes, feeding,r an extra thread o1' threadstoa portion onl1 ot' the nee.

dies, so as to form interrupted oursesio'f stitches (connected byiioating threads,l and 'I inailyleutting off said floating threads,-

set

forth.

3. The inode deseribedof making the heel portion on a tubel for theproduction of' stoel:-

ings, Said inode consisting in feeding' one thread to all of the needlesaround the inaehi ne to forni continuous eouises ot' stitches, feedi ngan ext ra thread or threads to a portion only ot' the needles, so as toforni interrupted voui-.ses of 't'ierrupted courses of stitchesconsisting ol' a Separate thread with eut eiuls,`as Set forth.

Intestinionywhereof l haresigned my nanul to` this speci l'ieation-inthe presenee oft wo subserihing` witnesses.

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Mitnesses:

HARRY DRU-myst HARRY SMITH.y

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